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30 years PANArt Hangbau AG

Category: News Author: PANArt 22nd February 2023

DSC00596 PANArt Hang Manufacturing Ltd.

A Work in Progress

Since 1993, PANArt has been a place where sound objects are cre­at­ed.

In the begin­ning it was the Sweet Sound of Steel, that strong impulse from Trinidad and Toba­go, that drove the founders to pass it on in new mate­r­i­al, new sound and dif­fer­ent shape.

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Hang® Balu

Categories: News, Articles Author: PANArt

Balu is the com­pre­hen­sive term for a sound body con­sist­ing of the instru­ments Balu Sei, Balu Sai, Balu Sui and Godo. The video shows the PANArt tuners play­ing the instruments. 

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Copyright: Update October 2022

Categories: News, Articles Author: PANArt 17th October 2022

Sabina mit Rohform mit sicken Urhang PANArt Hang Manufacturing Ltd.

Last May the plain­tiffs hand­ed their reply to the court. We now have respond­ed to this reply. This clos­es the writ­ten pro­ce­dure, and the com­mer­cial court of the Can­ton of Bern (Switzer­land) is expect­ed to sum­mon the par­ties to the main hear­ing in the begin­ning of 2023. Thus, we hope for a final deci­sion regard­ing the copy­right pro­tec­tion of the HANG in 2023.

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Insight into the inner acoustic geography of a Hang Sculpture

Categories: News, Video Author: PANArt 17th November 2021

For more than 25 years, sculp­tures have been cre­at­ed in the PANArt stu­dios in Bern (Switzer­land) whose shape and sound have attract­ed the atten­tion of many peo­ple around the globe.

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Turn the world around - a peaceful fight

Categories: News, Video Author: PANArt 3rd November 2021

A peace­ful fight
F. Rohn­er


We are in a fight:
For hon­esty,
Respect and jus­tice.

Shap­ing a body with a ham­mer,
To make the spir­it and soul resound,
Old images and norms are shat­tered,
A dif­fer­ent kind of music can be heard!

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45 years on the road with a hammer - Felix Rohner, tuner, recounts.

Categories: News, Video Author: PANArt 29th October 2021

45 years on the road with a ham­mer
Felix Rohn­er, tuner, recounts.

(There are Eng­lish sub­ti­tles in the Youtube interface)

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Litigation concerning the Hang

Categories: News, Articles, History Author: PANArt 15th January 2021

3 Pan to Hang Sculpture PANArt Hang Manufacturing Ltd.

What is the issue?
An attempt­ed expla­na­tion.

By Felix Rohn­er, PANArt

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Music played with the Hang® Balu Instrumentarium

Categories: News, Music Author: PANArt

Click here for more ​‘Music after work’!

Youtube-Playlist

Instru­ments:

Hang Balu Sei, Sai und Sui
Balu Urgu und Hang Godo

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Sabina Schärer and Felix Rohner have been awarded the Music Prize 2020 of the Canton of Bern

Category: News Author: PANArt 13th December 2020

Every year, the Edu­ca­tion and Cul­ture Depart­ment of the Can­ton of Bern awards a prize to four musi­cians.

This year, Sabi­na Schär­er and Felix Rohn­er were hon­ored for their many years of work on sound sculp­tures and in par­tic­u­lar for their cre­ation, the ​“Hang”.

Musikpreise des Kan­tons Bern 2020

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Copyright: Questions and Answers

Categories: News, Articles Author: PANArt 31st October 2020

Zeichnungen 1 2 PANArt Hang Manufacturing Ltd.

The Hang®, cre­at­ed by Sabi­na Schär­er and Felix Rohn­er in 2000, and pro­duced and dis­trib­uted by PANArt Hang­bau AG, Bern, Switzer­land, is pro­tect­ed by copyright.

Why this is so, and what it means, we want to answer by means of ques­tions that are fre­quent­ly asked by sup­pli­ers of hand pans and oth­er peo­ple inter­est­ed in the topic.

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The History of PANArt

Categories: News, History Author: PANArt 24th September 2020

Fest Hanghaus PANArt Hang Manufacturing Ltd.

PANArt Hang Man­u­fac­tur­ing Ltd. is a Swiss com­pa­ny based in Bern. The com­pa­ny is engaged in the con­struc­tion of sound sculp­tures made of ​“Pang®”, a com­pos­ite mate­r­i­al devel­oped and patent­ed by PANArt. Among oth­er things, the com­pa­ny devel­oped the now world-famous Hang® sculp­ture. Felix Rohn­er, Sabi­na Schär­er, Basil Rohn­er and David Rohn­er are present­ly work­ing in the company.

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Confirmed: PANArt's "Hang" protected by copyright

Category: News Author: PANArt 22nd May 2020

Hang Am Grimsel1 PANArt Hang Manufacturing Ltd.

The enor­mous eco­nom­ic impor­tance of intel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty for our soci­ety and the need for effi­cient legal pro­tec­tion of inno­va­tions and invest­ments in tech­nol­o­gy and cul­ture are now recognized.

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Hang - An instrument of a special kind (Coopzeitung, 13.01.2020)

Category: News Author: PANArt

Eng­lish sub­ti­tles can be acti­vat­ed in the video settings.

Con­tri­bu­tion of the Coopzeitung on the top­ics Panart, Hang and Balu, 13.01.2020

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What to consider if you are interested in a PANArt sound sculpture

Category: News Author: PANArt 14th November 2019

Hang Ebay PANArt Hang Manufacturing Ltd.

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Hang - a new musical instrument - a brand - many misunderstandings

Categories: News, Articles Author: PANArt 17th October 2019

Die Urform PANArt Hang Manufacturing Ltd.

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Hammer Blows – 25 Years PANArt

Categories: News, Video, History Author: PANArt 19th March 2018

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Spira Mirabilis

Category: News Author: PANArt 23rd November 2017

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The Hammer Never Dies

Category: News Author: PANArt 19th May 2017

Lyrics and vocals: Felix Rohn­er – Hang Bal, Hang Godo, Hang Gede: PANArt Pan­gensem­ble – Video: Basil Rohner 

In remem­brance of my grand­fa­ther who dur­ing my school holy­days let me be a part of his dai­ly work as a sheet met­al work­er, I ded­i­cate this song to all sheet met­al sound work­ers around the world.

To the Lyrics

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Highly recommended!

Category: News Author: PANArt 7th March 2017

hangblog2 PANArt Hang Manufacturing Ltd.

For many years now Michael Paschko from Dort­mund has been doc­u­ment­ing and com­ment­ing on the work of PANArt Hang Man­u­fac­tur­ing Ltd. His web­site www​.hang​blog​.org has become an essen­tial source of infor­ma­tion on our activ­i­ties – not to be missed! The site has just been relaunched with up-to-date con­tent and a new layout. 

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40 years work on the ring of steel in Bern, Switzerland

Categories: News, Video, History Author: PANArt 6th January 2017

In 1976 the steel­pan arrived in Bern. In 2016 PANArt intro­duced the Hang Bal. From the ​“round the neck” steel­band via the Hang to the ​“round the shoul­der” Hang Bal Spiel.

With footage and pho­tos from PANArt’s archive, Basil Rohn­er’s video gives us an overview of 40 years of work on the ring of steel.

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Hang® Bal Spiel

Categories: News, Video Author: PANArt 23rd August 2016

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Round the neck - Reithalle Bern 1994

Categories: News, History Author: PANArt 15th June 2016

The Trinida­di­an peo­ple gave a gift to the world: the sweet sound of steel. Each indi­vid­ual has to find out what is meant by this gift. You have to live it, to eat it, do digest it. In 1994 the steel orches­tra Orig­i­nal Bernese Oil Com­pa­ny orga­nized the first inter­na­tion­al Pan­yard in Europe. It was an insight into the nature of this gift from Trinidad, into the nature of human beings. This is a glimpse of the clos­ing par­ty. Enjoy! 

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Hang® Urgu

Categories: News, Video Author: PANArt 25th April 2016

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The Sound of Sheet Metal – A Challenge

Categories: News, Articles Author: Felix Rohner 8th April 2016

Hammermuster PANArt Hang Manufacturing Ltd.

The art of the met­al sound sculp­tor resides above all in his abil­i­ty to con­struct his sound sculp­ture as an inter­com­mu­ni­cat­ing sys­tem of ener­gy stores. The com­plex­i­ty of these instru­ments also has con­se­quences for their players. 

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Ellie’s Response

Category: News Author: PANArt 8th April 2016

Invader Pan, Pang Sing, Hang Urgu - Intro picture PANArt Hang Manufacturing Ltd.

A song ded­i­cat­ed to sheet met­al sound sculp­tors and to those who would like to become one – by Felix Rohn­er, tuner

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The PANArt Story

Categories: News, Video Author: PANArt 8th April 2016

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Pang music – the new art form from PANArt

Categories: News, Articles Author: PANArt 22nd January 2016

Pang ensemble PANArt Hang Manufacturing Ltd.

The call of iron has tak­en us, here at PANArt, a big step fur­ther. Pang, the sheet that serves as PANArt’s raw mate­r­i­al, has over recent months giv­en birth to nov­el res­o­nance bod­ies. These have come togeth­er to form the Pang ensem­ble. The cre­ative path has led us away from the sound sculp­ture Hang, and towards Pang’s oth­er poten­tial­i­ties: instru­ments whose bod­ies can also bring forth a dri­ving, pul­sat­ing bass. 

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Hang® Gudu – Ways of playing

Category: News Author: PANArt 22nd January 2016

The Hang® Gudu is a talk­ing pot which requires nim­ble hands. This hap­pi­ly chat­ter­ing ves­sel calls for soul-infused playing. 

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Hang® Gudu

Category: News Author: PANArt 28th October 2015

Hang® Gudu PANArt Hang Manufacturing Ltd.

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Hands on Pang

Category: News Author: PANArt 30th September 2015

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Music after Work – Thursday Bal I + II

Categories: News, Video Author: PANArt 30th September 2015

The deep bass sounds of Gubal, Urgu and Hang Gudu are the musi­cal foun­da­tion of the Pang ensem­ble. How­ev­er, the lit­tle loud­speak­ers in smart­phones, tablets or note­books and many ear­phones don’t play back these sounds. There­fore we rec­om­mend lis­ten­ing to this video only with good speak­ers or headphones. 

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Music after work

Categories: News, Audio Author: PANArt 15th September 2015

The PANArt team is call­ing it a day by join­ing for a Pang play. Extracts of these ear­ly evening ses­sions can be found here. Intend­ed for enjoy­ment in silence, for danc­ing and as inspi­ra­tion for your own Pang play. 

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Pang music with Gubal and Pang Sei

Categories: News, Audio Author: PANArt 9th May 2015

After the ine­bri­ant sounds of the Hang the Pang steel sheet has under­gone a deep trans­for­ma­tion into the Gubal wich is now unleash­ing a puls­ing bass. This instru­ment is now suit­able for play­ing togeth­er. But with whom? The tra­di­tion­al instru­ments are in gen­er­al con­sid­er­ably loud­er and have pur­er tun­ing than the Gubal, wich ren­ders play­ing togeth­er rather dif­fi­cult. On search­ing for a suit­able solu­tion for this prob­lem we had the idea of build­ing those instru­ments our­selves: the Pang string instru­ments Pang Sei, Pang Sai and Pang Sui were born.

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Hang® Gudu – a new Pang instrument

Categories: News, Video Author: PANArt 9th May 2015

Gubal and Hang Gudu are close­ly relat­ed: We call them grand­moth­er and grand­child. They inter­act inten­sive­ly keep­ing the groove alive.

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Anthony Achong: “The Secrets of the Steelpan”

Categories: News, Articles Author: Fellix Rohner 7th October 2014

Anthony Achong - The Secrets of the Steelpan PANArt Hang Manufacturing Ltd.

With ​‘Secrets of the Steel­pan – Unlock­ing the Secrets of the Sci­ence, Tech­nol­o­gy, Tun­ing and Oper­a­tion of the Steel­pan’ Dr. Antho­ny Achong is pre­sent­ing his life’s work, a sum­ma­ry of his exten­sive stud­ies on the steel­pan. Here you can read a review by PANArt tuner Felix Rohner.

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Letter of appreciation to Samsung Electronics Ltd. Co.

Category: News Author: PANArt 8th January 2014

In Octo­ber 2013 it was brought to our atten­tion that Sam­sung had installed a ring tone called ​‘Hang drum’ on its smart phone Galaxy Note 3. This is a very dis­con­cert­ing cir­cum­stance, espe­cial­ly because this sound is entire­ly syn­thet­ic and has absolute­ly noth­ing to do with a Hang.

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Gubal – Some Pictures

Category: News Author: PANArt 20th November 2013

Gubal on the lap PANArt Hang Manufacturing Ltd.

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